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i'm a healthcare professional. i don't understand how these pharmacies were able to manufacture these compounds and then transport them across state lines. who was watching them? when i moved to a different state, i have to appeal to that board and i have to get a license to practice. how is it that these pharmacies are sending these medications out-of-state and causing all this chaos and hurt to these people? i don't understand. that's a good question, something that the fda, particularly the commissioner has called a new kind of gray area. not necessarily that they weren't aware of what is happening -- maybe they knew how .arge it was becoming it's something that they are now trying to get under control, call a third area of not drug making a not compounding, but something that needs to be regulated in a different way. then there are others who think -- republicans think it is plain drug making and needs to be regulated as strictly as drug czar. -- drugs are. a caller on our line for republicans. go ahead. actual
i'm a healthcare professional. i don't understand how these pharmacies were able to manufacture these compounds and then transport them across state lines. who was watching them? when i moved to a different state, i have to appeal to that board and i have to get a license to practice. how is it that these pharmacies are sending these medications out-of-state and causing all this chaos and hurt to these people? i don't understand. that's a good question, something that the fda, particularly the...
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there is no quick fix for healthcare, mental healthcare, claims, anything else. there is the need for a persistent drive, a driving agenda when the secretary and his team comes to work every day determined as you are, sir, to make a difference as best as you can. i'm disturbed by the fact that the very promising va joining with d.o.d. on i.t. and other things which was quite vibrant seven or eight years ago has now been called off. and i want to ask why and at what price do we pay or what can be done. i would say to my friends on this committee that we are very lucky to serve here. i've been on here every year that i've ever been on the senate which some may think is one or two but actually is 28 years. and it's a proud, proud service. so in west virginia we have many veterans. everybody does. the work is powerful in its policy and powerful in it's poignancy. i commend you for the work you've done but i still have questions to ask. thank you. >> mr. chairman, thank you and thank you for calling this hearing on this budget request. mr. secretary, it's good to see
there is no quick fix for healthcare, mental healthcare, claims, anything else. there is the need for a persistent drive, a driving agenda when the secretary and his team comes to work every day determined as you are, sir, to make a difference as best as you can. i'm disturbed by the fact that the very promising va joining with d.o.d. on i.t. and other things which was quite vibrant seven or eight years ago has now been called off. and i want to ask why and at what price do we pay or what can...
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life blood of the healthcare. e had several hearings a few weeks ago on trying to identify ways where the food and drug their branch , that approves devices, are they being helpful or hurtful with apps that are being developed for smart phones. ou can get an app that can do an e.k.g. or will be able to continually senses blood sugar levels. his is the wave of the future is personalized care, elf-directed care that makes the care more in line with what the patient needs. is for the money to follow the patient. no one ever really discussed the sentinel problem that existed the cost.s savings d a health account over 10 years. it is a much lower cost premium ut you have to have the discipline to put those dollars into a savings account that you your healthcare needs in the future. that is an extremely intelligent a young ially for person to go about approaching to r work life and had you prepare for the for the. we never developed -- mitch in indiana had set up he healthy indiana program for state employees and it is
life blood of the healthcare. e had several hearings a few weeks ago on trying to identify ways where the food and drug their branch , that approves devices, are they being helpful or hurtful with apps that are being developed for smart phones. ou can get an app that can do an e.k.g. or will be able to continually senses blood sugar levels. his is the wave of the future is personalized care, elf-directed care that makes the care more in line with what the patient needs. is for the money to...
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what about healthcare? those are very important issues but don't you think there is one central issue that can solve all our other problems and we should tackle the first? , what mighthinking the big issue be? want to think about it, it is simple. jnowjjkknowledgee kids the they need to solve these problems? public-school education in this country has taken a backseat to other concerns. that hurt us badly at the nation. one of the things that has made us so competitive throughout the years we have been america is the fact that we have had public-school education. many countries do not invest in that. so it is an investment in our future. sometimes outcomes are not what we want. >> we have seen through current , therch that in large u.s. educational system is failing. we have seen successes in the california and massachusetts systems. rightgia, we consistently behind. i think the president and congress could do a better job of issuing national standards. however, our current idea of national standards are ou
what about healthcare? those are very important issues but don't you think there is one central issue that can solve all our other problems and we should tackle the first? , what mighthinking the big issue be? want to think about it, it is simple. jnowjjkknowledgee kids the they need to solve these problems? public-school education in this country has taken a backseat to other concerns. that hurt us badly at the nation. one of the things that has made us so competitive throughout the years we...
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number three, healthcare disparities. number four, the criminal justice system and violence in our community. and number five, voting rights. we are working together on a draft plan that we hope to have before august 28 of this year. but in the short run i want to give you four things that president obama has proposed that can help move our agenda forward. number one is the american jobs act, which the president re- proposed at his state of the union address. number two is the promised neighborhood concept, which the president also proposed and will be incorporated into his budget that will be released on wednesday of this coming week. number three is the concept of early childhood education for all of our children. [applause] notwe expect it will be only an idea but also a way to finance it in the president's budget. number four is this idea that we need gun safety legislation and we need it now. [applause] and we have to confront the obstructionist. the last thing i want to share, because time is short, is that this com
number three, healthcare disparities. number four, the criminal justice system and violence in our community. and number five, voting rights. we are working together on a draft plan that we hope to have before august 28 of this year. but in the short run i want to give you four things that president obama has proposed that can help move our agenda forward. number one is the american jobs act, which the president re- proposed at his state of the union address. number two is the promised...
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to be at a decent wage and have some sort of opportunity for a retirement and vacation and maybe a healthcare plan. you are correct that we are not providing that for them. there is a real social danger happening in america from that unemployment. >> senator, i think the question is who benefits? i'm not sure i would like to have my own time for going through every discrete item. there are a lot of working parts. it would take months to even absorb attempt of of what is going on. as a major restructuring of our country. it is devastating over there. not just from the unemployment. in our hearings at the civil rights commission, we focused on the effect of immigration on blacks and other low skilled workers. they dealt with employment, but there is a cascade effect that went into incarceration rates and single-family rates and all of the other pathologies that come from those other issues. >> i think you are exactly correct. a professor has written about the incarceration rates and poverty. we think that is true. let's consider this situation. a job opens up. first, in the last month, labor st
to be at a decent wage and have some sort of opportunity for a retirement and vacation and maybe a healthcare plan. you are correct that we are not providing that for them. there is a real social danger happening in america from that unemployment. >> senator, i think the question is who benefits? i'm not sure i would like to have my own time for going through every discrete item. there are a lot of working parts. it would take months to even absorb attempt of of what is going on. as a...
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host: from twitter -- education and quality healthcare will save more lives from gun violence than administrative control. , -- eda, illinois. --ler: i want to know why this is america, we have the constitution and the bill of rights -- why do we have communists? liberals are communist. they are running our government. --t: senator question mark senator? guest: this is america. we are mindful of people with different views here this country is perceived to be moderate. we have different views, but we come together near the center. i am not sure who you are referring to, but i can tell you i am proud of the men and women who serve in the united states congress. many of whom i disagree with, but i think they are here for the right purpose and we need to sit down and solve issues. the number one problem this country has is the failure to resolve problems, whether it is the budget, immigration -- these issues cry out for a resolution -- the tax code, regulatory issues. democrats and republicans should reach compromise. that is what our founding fathers envisioned -- sit down, compromise answer and re
host: from twitter -- education and quality healthcare will save more lives from gun violence than administrative control. , -- eda, illinois. --ler: i want to know why this is america, we have the constitution and the bill of rights -- why do we have communists? liberals are communist. they are running our government. --t: senator question mark senator? guest: this is america. we are mindful of people with different views here this country is perceived to be moderate. we have different views,...
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one of the most important changes that we think in the plan is to take over her healthcare plan plan. everybody believes that the federal system is overly generous in terms of benefits. the federal health care system is not overly generous to our employees. .ut it is overly expensive that's why we want to shift our employees and retirees from the federal system to a privately run plan. but we do that, we will be able to provide our employees and retirees with the same or better health-care coverage at a dramatically lower cost. oys and retirees $700 million a year in annual premiums and save the postal service $8 billion, because we would effectively eliminate the need to pre-fund one day further. we would also be able to invest much more ineffective health and wellness programs which we cannot do now. effective health and wellness programs which we cannot do now. that it so much sense fills me with optimism. we have to move in this direction, and i believe we will. >> comments from postmaster donahoe. you can see his entire remarks tonight at 10:30 eastern here on c-span or any time
one of the most important changes that we think in the plan is to take over her healthcare plan plan. everybody believes that the federal system is overly generous in terms of benefits. the federal health care system is not overly generous to our employees. .ut it is overly expensive that's why we want to shift our employees and retirees from the federal system to a privately run plan. but we do that, we will be able to provide our employees and retirees with the same or better health-care...
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also as a healthcare activist, i am concerned about the plethora of african-americans who are dying disproportionately from hiv and aids. if our community were its own country, we would rank 16th in the world for the number of individuals who have hiv and aids. we need to do something about this pandemic that is imploding in our community. it is time for us to do that area gun violence is another issue that we have to do something about. my friends, when we think about that, we are often quick to raise up in our community when we are the victim's of and violence by those police officers. when we turn the guns on each other, we still have to have that same outrage, that same indignation because we are killing ourselves. [applause] in our second century, we are committed that we can't expect anybody to do anything for us that we are not repaired to do for ourselves. [applause] --at is one of types of forums why these types of forums are so important. we certainly thank and praise the leadership of dr. reverend al sharpton and those who are assembled here today. leading the clarion call for the african-a
also as a healthcare activist, i am concerned about the plethora of african-americans who are dying disproportionately from hiv and aids. if our community were its own country, we would rank 16th in the world for the number of individuals who have hiv and aids. we need to do something about this pandemic that is imploding in our community. it is time for us to do that area gun violence is another issue that we have to do something about. my friends, when we think about that, we are often quick...